10 Inspiring Museums on Instagram

The idea of #lifeatthemuseum conjures up peaceful notions of shared learning, creative industry and companionable co-existence with objects of desire. Recently, I’ve been losing myself in the hypnotic, daily rhythms of niche museums around the world giving Instagram followers privileged access to that coveted, behind-the-scenes action.

Far from shattering illusions, these feeds confirm that creative institutions are the lifeblood of communities – serving up inspiration, educating young families, working tirelessly to catalogue and conserve, and generally making the world a better place! Scroll through any one of these wonderful feeds and I challenge you to disagree. –Rohini

Museo de la Alhambra, Granada: With images of beautiful Spanish-Moorish artifacts, ceramics, architecture and incredible views from the museum gardens (like these ripe-to-bursting pomegranate trees), I’ve become slightly obsessed with this under-the-radar museum in the sunny south of Spain.

Rijksmuseum, Netherlands: This feed beautifully illustrates how classical art slots perfectly into modern life as the thrum of wonderful museum activity is shown against a backdrop of stunning Dutch art. I love this image of Dutch pop singer Ilse DeLange performing in front of Rembrandt’s "Nightwatch"!

Les Artes Decoratifs, Paris: I began following this museum on Kelly Wearstler's recommendation; with eccentric and classical displays sitting side-by-side of everything from furniture to altar pieces, religious paintings and objet d’arts. The daily feed is a whirlwind of inspiration.

Geffrye Museum, London: A small museum specializing in the history of the English domestic interior, you will find a quintessentially British display of original furniture, paintings, textiles and decorative arts. This is an image of one of the museum’s almshouses recreating typical middle-class living rooms from 1600 to the present.

Sydney’s Living Museums, Sydney: A feed of 12 historic houses, gardens and museums, here you will find the colorful history of Sydney, from the glamor of private houses, to the working life of Australia’s oldest farmstead and the unnerving gaze of convicts staring out from their past at the Justice and Police Museum.

House of Illustration, London: Founded by Sir Quentin Blake, best known for his iconic illustrations for Roal Dahl - this sweet feed from The House of Illustration inspires with everything from advertisements to animation, picture books to political cartoons, and scientific drawings to fashion design.

Thank you very much for including the Fashion and Textile Museum @fashiontextilemuseum in #lifeatthemuseum. We are happy to have discovered you!
This year we are exploring tie-dye, Missoni and the 1920s Jazz Age if any of those strike a chord. Thanks again and we hope to see you in London.

We’re delighted to be featured here, thank you very much! We’ve got some new Insta projects in the pipeline including relaunching our #londonillustrated tag – encouraging people to share wonderful illustrated things they see around the city – and some sneak previews of our Russian Soviet Children’s Books exhibition.

Thanks as well for the rest of the list, we’re off to follow them all!

I was just looking round the Internet for posts on museum instagrams and came across this one. Thanks for some great inspiration, I help run a small Danish museum’s Instagram (@vejenkunstmuseum) so it’s nice to see what other museums do :)

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